TABLE 1.

Adhesion of monocytes to MAECs isolated from normal, db/db, and db/db+G mice treated for 8 wk¹

Groups	Monocyte binding
	% of control
Normal	106 ± 4c
db/db	145 ± 12b
db/db+G	106 ± 11c
TNFα2	287 ± 5a

¹Values are mean ± SEM, = 6 (means of quadruplicates). Means without a common letter differ, P < 0.05. MAEC, mouse aortic endothelial cell.

²Positive control: MAEC incubated with 5 g/L TNFα for 6 h.